The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-10
LlNCOLN'S JOURNEY.

01Si iot atses7 - ~ - sA'N -
liz abou, Abraham Lincoln's night
journey from Harrisburg 10 Washing
ton. when Oh his way ~ his inaug,r-
alton. and various individuals has.
made themselves iignrr n con -picuoiis
agents in securing the >;sfe., VI the
then pre-islen, -.leci That there wa>
il thorough. organized conspiracy 10
a>>as>na,e Mr.. Lincoln in Baltimore
when passing through to Washington
10 not now matter of dispute, Sam1 i
IL. FELTON,. then resident Of the Phila-
delphia. Wilmington 4 Baltimore
Road. was the first to obtain i'll
formation of the combination to
destroy his railway and bridges
and cut off communication between
Washington and the North, and he EN-.
ployed the Pinkerton Detective Agency
to investigate it. The inquiry develop
cd that the chief aim was to prevent
Lincoln from reaching Washington to
be inangurated, and that information
led to y more searrhin. investigation
by skilled men and women Of social
position mingling freely with Baltimore
scce>>ionist> and pretending to sympa.
thizc heartily with them. This develop.
ed the settled purpose to create 4 gen.
eral riot 1t the depot in Baltimore when
Lincoln arrived, and III the confusion
Lincoln was TO be assasinated.
While this Pinkerton inquiry was
, going on under Mr.. Felton's direction
Gen. Scott, who was charged with the
protection OF the Presilent-elect dur.
iny the inauguration ceremonies, had
secretly commissions the late Col
Charles +. Stone 10 Investigate the
threatened peril 10 Lincoln. Stone
soon found that Baltimore was the
centre Of the danger. and he covered
tina, city by the best detectives Of both
sexes and reached the same conclusion
that Pinkerton had reached, although
each was ignorant Of the operations 81
j, the other. Senator Seward. who wa,
the announced Premier Of the new AL
nini>tration, was acting with Gen
Scott. and they communicated will
Lincoln at Springfield before he Startet
on his journe, 10 the Capital. Lin
coin responded by sending Leonard
SWEET TO Washington accredited K
Gen. Scott and Seward as his mos
trusted friend SWEET obtained all tn,
facts and returned to Lincoln Will
them. full, impressed with the peril o
the situation. The result was tina
Lincoln was sent Fast in compan,
with Colonel Cater GENERALLY Sumne
and Col. Lamon, who were charge,
with the double duty of advising Al,
and protecting him. The only recor,
Mr.. Lincoln mas made on the subjcc
was his statement made to Benson J
Losing in December, 1884, whel
Losing reports as follows:
Il arrived at Philadelphia on the q st
agreed to stop one night and on tn
following morning hoist the flag owe
Independence Hall. In the evenin,
there was great crowd when receives
my friends nj the Continental Hotel
Mr.. Judd, a warm personal friend iron
Chicago. sent for me to come 10 hi
ROOM l went and found there MI
Pinkerton. 4 skillful police detective
also from Chicago, who had been en-
ployed for some days in Baltimor
watching and searching for suspicion
persons there. Pinkerton informed III
that a plan had been laid for my assas
nation. the exact time | expected I
come through Baltimore being publicl
known. lie was well informed as
the plan. but did not know that til
conspirators would have pluck enoug
to execute it. He urged me to go rigf
through to Washington that night.
did not like that. had made arrang,
ments to visit Harrisburg and 20 frOl
there 10 Baltimore. and had resolved |
do so. When | was maxim
my way back to my room throug
crowds Of people | met Frederick "
Seward. We went together to m
room. when he told me that he In
been sent at the instance Of his fatht
and Gen. Scott. and informed mo tn:
their detectives in Baltimore had di
covered the plot there to assasinate mi
They knew nothing Of Pinkerton
movements. now believed such
plot to be in existence.
Mr.. SWEET. in a recent article in Il
North American Review, gives the for
going facts and follows with the tt,
history OF Lincoln's perilous nigl
journey from Harrisburg to Washin,
ton. We give the conclusion of his II
ticle without abridgement. He say
The change in the program Of the jou
, ney occurred at Harrisburg at dinn
the night of the 2lst, which was pr
sided oyer By Gov. Curtin. and the ci
cumstances are told by Alexander
Mcclure in Il paper to the GLOW
I Club" Of Philadelphia. 1t seems tn
Gen. Scott and Mr.. Seward, being +,
some reason alarmed ut the contin
ance by Mr.. Lincoln of the origin
!, plan of his journey. sent a dispatch
t Gov. Curtin, which was received at Il
n dinner over which he was presiding
!. Harrisburg. | give the language
n Mr.. Mcclure:
; while all were intent Oh the enio
e ment of dinner, with the new pres
d dent as the central figure of the feas
a a message was brought by sersa
and quietly handed to Gov. Curti
n The mere interruption of presenting
e message to the Governor in his ow
S Capital attracted no special attention
| hnt uhan tho S,piln Nod and n audi